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Students
at the John
J. Doran Elementary Schools were treated to a noontime visit on April
30, 2012 by Chef Kim Reynolds, Elementary Visiting Chef for
Whitson's
School
Nutrition, as part of its
contract to provide food service to the Fall River Schools. Chef Kim
emphasized the importance of eating fruits and vegetables and handed out
samples of a smoothie made with oranges, bananas, avocados and yogurt. She
emphasized the importance of eating fruits and vegetables as fuel for
their bodies and of children trying foods that are unfamiliar to them,
calling it a "culinary adventure." Chef Kim had already made
this presentation at the Silvia and Letourneau schools and hoped to be
able to get to most of the other schools before the end of the school
year. Click here for a
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(Top row, left) School office staff member Yolanda Gonzalez chats with Chef Kim Reynolds before her presentation in the cafeteria. (Top row, center) Chef Kim goes over what she will be presenting with Vice-Principal Natalie Silva Patterson. (Top row, right) Chef Kim chats with Partners employee and School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard about the program. (Middle row) Chef Kim prepares to hand out samples of a fruit smoothie made with oranges, bananas, avocados and yogurt as part of a "culinary adventure." (Bottom row) Chef Kim asks the children for their opinion about the smoothies, which got rave reviews from most of the children, including Abdiel and Murali Cruz. |
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